Hey guys,
halfway through having my first crack at a GB
Recipe was:
1 tin (980g) Cooper's Ginger Beer
350g LDME
650g Dextrose
100g brown sugar (would have liked more but cupboard was dry)
150g golden syrup (see above)
1/2 small bottle of minced ginger (maybe 100g?)
cinnamon from the shaker, just went crazy, about 50 shakes
Water to 20L (or was it 23?)
yeast from the kit, unsure of pitching temp
I put all the fermentables and the ginger in a pot with a few L of water and brought that to the boil, then began cooling before adding the kit and cinnamon
OG. - 1036
Tested it out today, 3 days in, SG. - 1012
its coming along nicely, but is still a little sweet and not enough bite.
The sweetness should go away with further fermentation, yes?
After carbonation, will there be more bite?
Should I have boiled the ginger or added it after with the kit? (Note it was not boiled for any amount of time, just brought to)
Next time i will certainly add more I think
Any comments on the recipe? It was my first crack and I just made it up as I went.